Police: Folsom standoff near school ends; child is safe

Police forced their way into a Folsom house on Monday afternoon to arrest a man who had barricaded himself inside, officers said.

Mark Weider, 22, was in the home for several hours with his son, refusing to come out, in what police described as a standoff-type situation.

The house belongs to the child's grandparents -- or, his mother's parents.

The couple involved does not live at the home. They are from Rancho Cordova, police said in a news release.

When officers from the Folsom Police Department arrived -- to Van Winkle Court, off Folsom Auburn Road, about 11:20 a.m. -- they found the child's mother, also the suspect's wife, outside the home. She was the one who called police.

The woman told officers her husband assaulted her and locked himself inside the home.

Weider refused to exit the house, or let his son out, for about 2 1/2 hours.